| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD. | 1Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv. |
| 2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. | 2The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. |
| 3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. | 3The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple's width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple. |
| 4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. | 4He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple. |
| 5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. | 5He then built a chambered structure along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around. |
| 6The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls. | 6The lowest chamber was 7 1/2 feet wide, the middle was nine feet wide, and the third was 10 1/2 feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. |
| 7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. | 7The temple's construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. |
| 8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor. | 8The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. |
| 9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar. | 9When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. |
| 10He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar. | 10He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1/2 feet high. |
| 11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying: | 11The word of the LORD came to Solomon:" |
| 12“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. | 12As for this temple you are building--if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David. |
| 13And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.” | 13I will live among the Israelites and not abandon My people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon built the temple and finished it. | 14When Solomon finished building the temple, |
| 15He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards. | 15he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards. |
| 16He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. | 16Then he lined 30 feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place. |
| 17And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. | 17The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was 60 feet long. |
| 18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen. | 18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen. |
| 19Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. | 19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the LORD's covenant there. |
| 20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. | 20The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. |
| 21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. | 21Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold. |
| 22So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary. | 22So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary. |
| 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. | 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood. |
| 24One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. | 24One wing of the first cherub was 7 1/2 feet long, and the other wing was 7 1/2 feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip. |
| 25The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape, | 25The second cherub also was 15 feet; both cherubim had the same size and shape. |
| 26and the height of each cherub was ten cubits. | 26The first cherub's height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub's. |
| 27And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched. | 27Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one's wing touched one wall while the second cherub's wing touched the other wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing. |
| 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. | 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. |
| 29Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. | 29He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings--cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms--in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 30And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. | 30He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. | 31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided. |
| 32The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. | 32The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees. |
| 33In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance. | 33In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance. |
| 34The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels. | 34The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels. |
| 35He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings. | 35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving. |
| 36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams. | 36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams. |
| 37The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv. | 37The foundation of the LORD's temple was laid in Solomon's fourth year in the month of Ziv. |
| 38In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years. | 38In his eleventh year in the eighth month, in the month of Bul, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years. |
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